Coin-controlled vending machine



Feb. 17, 1925.

W. H. LARAWAY ET AL COIN CONTROLLED VENDING MCHINE Original Filed Nov. 27, 1922 (I Wz'LLi am H. Lamway,

Louis l/.Ll'llibridqe,

Summa@ the United States,

Patented F eb. 17, 1925'.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM H. LARAWAY AND Louis V. LILILIBNIDGE, or GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN.

` lcoIN-coN'rnoLLnn VENDI'NG MACHINE.

Application fned Novemberfzv, 1922, serial No;f 603,49a Renewed December 2e, 1924.

To all whom it may concer/lt:

` Be it known that we,` VILLIAM HjLAnawavl and Louis V. L-ILIIIBRIDGE, citizens of residing at Gra-nd Rapids, in the county of Kent and State of Michigan. have invented'certainnew and useful Improvements in Coin-Controlled Vending Machines, of wl'iieh the following is aspecification.

Our invention relates to improvements in vending machines, and its objects are: first, to provide a means whereby the coin operating mechanism will be made to act positively and without danger of error; second, to provide a means whereby the danger of repeating the operation of the machine with a single action of the coin will be eliminated, and, third, to provide a means whereby the coin actuating mechanism may be properly and readily adjusted in case of over Wear or displacement.

` We attain these objects by the mechanism i and arrangement of parts shown in the accompanying drawing, in which Fig. 1 is a sectional elevation of the end of the case on the line 1-1 of Fig. 2. Fig. 2 is a frontv elevation of the case. Fig. 3 is a top plan of the case. Fig l is a transverse section of the machine practically upon the line h-4f of Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is a sectional plan of the same upon the line 5--5 of Fig. 1. Fig. 6 is an end perspective of the coin conducting block, and .Fig 7 is a plan of the sliding boX that transfers the vials from the machine into position to be readily taken by the operator.

Similar reference characters indicate similar parts throughout the several views.

'In the construction of this machine we rnakea case consisting of the back 1, the partitions 2 and 3 which form storage slots for the bottles 19, a door 4, and a base consisting of the ledge 6, a supporting beam for the bottles, as at 5, a table 7 having slots 8 therethrough for the passage of coin, a ledge 9 for preventing the outcoming bot tlesv from rolling ofi' of the table, and a.

` case door 10. These features are, in a sense,

common in vending machines, as is, also, the guide plate 11, the actuating bar 12 hinged to a base lll as at 13.

The mechanism for transferring the bottles of perfume from their receptacle to the table 7 consists of a receiving slide or open box 18 that lies, normally, upon the beam, er bed 5, This. box or receptaclehas a backwardly extending larm 17 terminating in `a. head '/z. AThis arm passes through the lower end"` of the partition 2, as indicated in. Fig. 1, andanactuating spring 17 is placed thereon which is designed, first, to draw the receiving box backwardly into normal posi tion upon the supporting beam 5, and, second, to force the actuating levers 16-16 back into normal position after having been made to force the receptacles 18 into position to discharge a bottle upon the table 7 The actuating levers are pivotally mounted upon the machine back, as at 7c, and are composed of the slotted end 16, for the reception of the actuating coin m which is passed through the slot 8 in the table 7 and thence rolls through the slots c in the frame 11-11 into the slots d in the actuating levers 16 and are held upon the ledge i on the base 15. The base is provided with openings a for the passage of the sides of the staples 20. The staples 20 are secured into one edge of the bar 12 and extend outward therefrom into position. to engage the coin at m', when the bar 12 is forced to swing downwardly by means of the lever 22 and knob 21, as indicated by the dotted lines in Fig. 2. lVhen the coin is in the position indicated at lm. the lever 16 stands in its normal position, but when forced down upon the ledge j, by the downward movement of the staple 20 the lever is moved slightly from its normal position, and when the coin is forced dmvnward into the position indicated at m the lever is swung upon its pivot bearing sufficiently to carry a bott-le 19 off of the ledge or beam and allow it to drop upon the table 7 and roll to the ledge 9 ready to he taken from theI machine.

The bases 14 and 15 are slotted, as at g, so the screws may be loosened and the bases adjusted hackwardly or forwardly, as desired.

At u, we have shown the front line of the base 15 and b represents the back line of the base 14. At d We have shown the slot in the levers 16, and c is the dotted outline of the bottle carrier 18 showing its position when discharging a bottle, f indicates the hinges that carry the door 10 for opening` and closing the lower part of the case.

The upper part of the door 4: may be made of a translucent material, or may be utilized for avertising purposes, as desired, or the entire door .may be covered Wit-l1 transparent glass, if preferred, so to eX- hibit the several columns of bottles 19 as indicated at 4 in Fig. 2.

Having thus fully described our invention, what we claim as new in the art, is

l. In combination with a vending inachine for selling bottles, and the coi'n actuated levers therein, a coin actuatingr bar pivotallv supported7 at one edge, upon a base, said base made adjustable backwardly and forwardly, staples secured int-o, and projecting fronithe free edge of the bar, a second adjustable base having slots cutdownwardly from its upper edge for the Jfree passage of the sides of the staples in their downward movement for actuating the coin.

2. In combination with a coin operated vending machine and its actuating levers and coin slots, a coin actuating bar pivotally mounted upon an adjustable base, wire staples secured into, and projecting backwardly from the free edge of the bar, a guide Vbase adjustably secured under said staples, said base having slots formed downwardly from its upper edge for the free passage of the side arms of the sta-ples, said base having ledges upon its back surface for checking the movements of the coin when. operating the machine.

Signed at Grand Rapids, Michigan, November 21, 1922.

IVILLIAM H. LARAVAY. LOUIS V. LILLIBRIDGE. 

